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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Classification

• True hypovolaemia
  • Bleeding i.e haemorrhagic shock.
  • Fluid loss (e.g. diarrhoea, vomiting, bowel obstruction, 'third' spacing)
• Effective hypovolaemia (distributive) where the vacular space increases but insufficient fluid is there to fill it.
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Neurogenic shock
  • Septic shock
• Pump problems
  • Cardiogenic shock (e.g. post-MI), cardiomyopathy
  • Mechanical (e.g. cardiac tamponade, tension pneumothorax), aortic stenosis
  • Electrical eg VT or AF or most fundamentally VF